Paris vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	99	72
😀 Quality of life	95	90
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.06M

The cost of living in Paris is 115% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1222nd and 5132nd ($2267 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 324th in France and Japan, respectively. Check France vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 25th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Sendai

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	Paris	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$5986

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034